best video cam software?

I have a mini dv video cam and firewire, what is the best video capture software to get at reasonable price, I do want good quality but i dont want to pay loads of money for nothing, at the moment on windows movie maker i can only get at highest about 700 and something by (well i dont know exactly but i dont feel like checking it up now) and 25 per second.I want quality resolution that i can save to disk.

Thank you

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Pinnacle (click here) seems to be best value for beginners, and is very simple to use. It has a few problems (check threads in this forum for samples) with some computers, but when it's working properly it downloads the video from your camera, splits it into scenes automatically, lets you edit the scenes, fade-in and out, merge, etc., add titles and sound, then save it in several different formats for VCD, DVD, etc.